California Air Quality and Climate Legislation
CARB’s Office of Legislative Affairs serves as the principal resource on legislative issues relative to air quality and climate change for the California Environmental Protection Agency and the Governor’s Office. The Office of Legislative Affairs provides technical expertise relating to pending legislation and serves as a resource to the Legislature and legislative staff.
CARB's 2020 California Air Quality and Climate Legislation webpage catalogues the most pertinent legislation that CARB's Office of Legislative Affairs tracked during the previous Legislative session. Beginning with the 2020 session, CARB transitioned to this modernized, web-based platform, which can be accessed below. The annual summaries for the 1998 through 2019 sessions are available at CARB's California Air Quality Legislation Archive.
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38 bills found for '2025,'
| Session Sort ascending | Bill Number | Bill Title | Author | Category | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-2026 | AB 1244 | 2025 – Assembly Bill 1244 (Wicks, Buffy), California Environmental Quality Act: Transportation Impact Mitigation: Transit-oriented Development Implementation Program (2-Year) | Wicks.Buffy | CEQA, Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing | 2-year |
| 2025-2026 | SB 415 | 2025 – Senate Bill 415 (Reyes, Eloise Gómez), Planning and Zoning: Logistics Use Developments: Truck Routes (Chaptered) | Reyes.Eloise Gomez | Freight Transportation and Ports, Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing, Local Air Districts, Low and Zero Emission Vehicles and Infrastructure | Chaptered |
| 2025-2026 | SB 79 | 2025 – Senate Bill 79 (Wiener, Scott), Housing Development: Transit-oriented Development (Chaptered) | Wiener.Scott | CEQA, Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing | Chaptered |
| 2025-2026 | SB 71 | 2025 – Senate Bill 71 (Weiner, Scott), California Environmental Quality Act: Exemptions: Transit Projects (Chaptered) | Wiener.Scott | CEQA, Public Transit, Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing | Chaptered |
| 2025-2026 | SB 127 | 2025 – Senate Bill 127 (Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review), Climate Change (Chaptered) | Committee on Budget | Budget, Incentives, Enforcement and Penalties | Chaptered |
| 2025-2026 | SB 131 | 2025 – Senate Bill 131 (Senate Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review), Public Resources (Chaptered) | Committee on Budget | CEQA, Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing, Miscellaneous | Chaptered |
| 2025-2026 | AB 605 | 2025 – Assembly Bill 605 (Muratsuchi, Al), Lower Emissions Cargo Handling Equipment Pilot Program (2-Year) | Muratsuchi.Al | Enforcement and Penalties, Freight Transportation and Ports, Fuels | 2-year |
| 2025-2026 | AB 735 | 2025 – Assembly Bill 735 (Carrillo, Juan), Planning and Zoning: Logistics Use Developments: Truck Routes (2-Year) | Carrillo.Juan | Freight Transportation and Ports, Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing, Local Air Districts, Low and Zero Emission Vehicles and Infrastructure, Air Quality and Emissions | 2-year |
| 2025-2026 | AB 911 | 2025 – Assembly Bill 911 (Carrillo, Juan), Emergency Telecommunications Medium- and Heavy-Duty Zero-Emission Vehicles (2-Year) | Carrillo.Juan | Enforcement and Penalties, Motor Vehicles | 2-year |
| 2025-2026 | AB 1106 | 2025 – Assembly Bill 1106 (Rodriguez, Michelle), State Air Resources Board: Regional Air Quality Incident Response Program (Dead) | Rodriguez.Michelle | Enforcement and Penalties, Air Quality and Emissions | Dead |
| 2025-2026 | SB 231 | 2025 – Senate Bill 231 (Seyarto, Kelly), California Environmental Quality Act: The Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation: Technical Advisory (Dead) | Seyarto.Kelly | CEQA, Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing | Dead |
| 2025-2026 | SB 496 | 2025 – Senate Bill 496 (Hurtado, Melissa), Advanced Clean Fleets Regulation: Appeals Advisory Committee: Exemptions (Dead) | Hurtado.Melissa | Enforcement and Penalties, Freight Transportation and Ports, Low and Zero Emission Vehicles and Infrastructure, Motor Vehicles | Dead |
| 2025-2026 | AB 914 | 2025 – Assembly Bill 914 (Garcia, Robert), Air Pollution: Indirect Sources (2-Year) | Garcia.Robert | Air Quality and Emissions, Local Air Districts, Enforcement and Penalties, Short-lived Climate Pollutants | 2-year |
| 2025-2026 | SB 526 | 2025 – Senate Bill 526 (Menjivar, Caroline), South Coast Air Quality Management District: Air Quality (2-Year) | Menjivar.Caroline | Enforcement and Penalties, Environmental Justice, Local Air Districts, Air Quality and Emissions | 2-year |
| 2025-2026 | AB 939 | 2025 – Assembly Bill 939 (Schultz, Nick), The Safe, Sustainable, Traffic-Reducing Transportation Bond Act of 2026 (2-Year) | Schultz.Nick | Incentives, Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing, Freight Transportation and Ports, Low and Zero Emission Vehicles and Infrastructure | 2-year |
| 2025-2026 | AB 267 | 2025 - Assembly Bill 267 (Macedo, Alexandra), Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund: High-Speed Rail: Water Infrastructure and Wildfire Prevention (2-Year) | Macedo.Alexandra | Climate Change, Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing | 2-year |
| 2025-2026 | AB 273 | 2025 - Assembly Bill 273 (Sanchez, Kate), Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund: High-Speed Rail: Infrastructure Improvements (2-Year) | Sanchez.Kate | Climate Change, Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing | 2-year |
| 2025-2026 | AB 650 | 2025 - Assembly Bill 650 (Papan, Diane), Planning and Zoning: Housing Element: Regional Housing Needs Allocation (Vetoed) | Papan.Diane | Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing | Vetoed |
| 2025-2026 | AB 1223 | 2025 - Assembly Bill 1223 (Nguyen, Stephanie), Local Transportation Authority and Improvement Act: Sacramento Transportation Authority (Chaptered) | Nguyen.Stephanie | Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing | Chaptered |
| 2025-2026 | AB 1275 | 2025 - Assembly Bill 1275 (Elhawary, Sade), Regional Housing Needs: Regional Transportation Plan (Chaptered) | Elhawary.Sade | Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing | Chaptered |
| 2025-2026 | AB 1421 | 2025 - Assembly Bill 1421 (Wilson, Lori), Vehicles: Road Usage Charge Technical Advisory Committee (2-Year) | Wilson.Lori | Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing | 2-year |
| 2025-2026 | SB 94 | 2025 - Senate Bill 94 (Strickland, Tony), Transportation Funding: Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund: Motor Vehicle Fuel (2-Year) | Strickland.Tony | Climate Change, Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing | 2-year |
| 2023-2024 | AB 2535 | 2024 – Assembly Bill 2535 (Bonta, Mia), Trade Corridor Enhancement Program (Dead) | Bonta.Mia | Freight Transportation and Ports, Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing, Low and Zero Emission Vehicles and Infrastructure, Environmental Justice | Dead |
| 2023-2024 | ABX2 8 | 2024 – Assembly Bill X2-8 (Gipson, Mike), Air Pollution: Tanker Vessels: At-Berth Requirements: Delay (Dead) | Gipson.Mike | Enforcement and Penalties, Freight Transportation and Ports | Dead |
| 2023-2024 | AB 2626 | 2024 – Assembly Bill 2626 (Dixon, Diane), Advanced Clean Fleets Regulations: Local Governments (Dead) | Dixon.Diane | Enforcement and Penalties, Freight Transportation and Ports, Motor Vehicles | Dead |
| 2023-2024 | AB 2678 | 2024 - Assembly Bill 2678 (Wallis, Greg), Vehicles: High-occupancy Vehicle Lanes (Chaptered) | Wallis.Greg | Incentives, Motor Vehicles, Low and Zero Emission Vehicles and Infrastructure, Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing | Chaptered |
| 2023-2024 | AB 7 | 2024 – Assembly Bill 7 (Friedman, Laura) Transportation: Planning: Project Selection Processes (Dead) | Friedman.Laura | Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing | Dead |
| 2023-2024 | AB 930 | 2023 – Assembly Bill 930 (Friedman, Laura), Local government: Reinvestment in Infrastructure for a Sustainable and Equitable California (RISE) districts (2-Year) | Friedman.Laura | Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing | 2-year |
| 2023-2024 | AB 1525 | 2023 – Assembly Bill 1525 (Bonta, Mia), Transportation projects: priority populations (Dead) | Bonta.Mia | Environmental Justice, Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing | Dead |
| 2023-2024 | SB 670 | 2023 – Senate Bill 670 (Allen, Ben), State Air Resources Board: vehicle miles traveled: maps (Dead) | Allen.Ben | Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing | Dead |
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